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    Cycling Classes with the Pros.

    Motorpacing for Dummies - Fabian Cancellara
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    Cycling Classes with the Pros.

    Free your hair and the rest will follow - Time trialing tips by Laurent Fignon
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    Cycling Classes with the Pros.

    How to maintain your drivetrain for worry-free climbing with Andy Schleck
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    Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

    I'm not going to claim he can make up 52 seconds. I doubt he can. But given that Froome is working with 50-60 more watts than Alberto given his size, it doesn't surprise me that Alberto can't match his TT or in a 3-5 minute effort at the end of a stage with one significant climb. The playing...
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    Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

    Re: Re: I used TJVG in my previous post as an example as someone who over trains in order to stay with the best. I believe TJVG does that, because he cannot be among the best in any other way. Contador I see differently. He has frequently said in the past few years that his power numbers...
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    Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

    Re: I see it this way... Form = Fitness - Fatigue Training blocks of three weeks followed by a week of active recovery seem to be a generally accepted way to work on form. The recovery week is when the adaptation happens. Form takes a big leap after that week of recovery. Large efforts like...
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    Motor doping thread

    It will be quite interesting to see if the dominant riders remain equally as dominant in 2017. You would have to be crazy or very protected to dare using a motor in the current environment.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Not responding to any thought in particular, just voicing my opinion about Froome's dominance/ advantages... The only place someone like Nairo is going to be superior to Froome is in w/kg. To use that to his advantage, Nairo needs a long, one-on-one ascent where the slight differential results...
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Exactly. It works until a few more teams release power files. By then, only the Clinic will be paying attention.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    He reported that he was 66kg in 2013. In 2015, he is 67.5 kg? Not taking his competition as seriously this year? 6% for oval chainrings. Is that a known constant? If drafting makes his w/kg believable, what does that say about Richie Porte and G Thomas? Nairo wasn't capable of matching 5.7 w/kg?
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: Your comment about parsing suggested otherwise. Not to worry. I do find it strange that now we have real power data there hasn't been a reappraisal. Because it appears that Froome's power matched Pinot's capabilities. In hindsight it does seem a trifle hysterical for the most discussed...
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    Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

    I agree. Prove you are still the best by preparing 100% for the Tour (defense of/cement your legacy), or prove you belong in the Pantheon of cycling greats by winning the double (escalation of your legacy). Panache is part of the history of cycling. It is the tiebreaker between the greats, the...
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    Non PED performance charts

    I believe that chart is Dr. Coggan's. He frequents these forums. Maybe he can comment?
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    The Climb (Froome's first autobiography)

    It is impossible to establish precisely who follows the established rules, who bends them, and who breaks them in this sport. To bear watching for other reasons, I choose other measures of "morality", against which I measure these riders. I would argue that a large group of us in the Clinic...
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    Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

    To use this reasoning you need to believe two things... 1. All of these reasons about being a beginner, badzilla, and bad roads in Kenya are not exaggerated and were a massive hinderance to his development. 2. He is the most talented gt rider ever.